The 2010 Global Game Jam, an annual indie game competition that challenges teams from across the nation to develop an innovative game in just 48 hours, is going on right now. Yes, like right now.
Sometimes you don’t have to reinvent the wheel, just show that it’s still relevant and interesting.
In an age when print is diminishing, the “Book as Medium” exhibit at Porter Gallery will open on Jan. 27, honoring the art of bookmaking. With around 25 artists, books of all sorts will be shown until March 6.
As soon as you arrive, the roads get bumpier and the air thickens. Almost instantly, the hills — an array of colorful shacks, houses and multi-storied apartment complexes — completely surround you. This is Tijuana, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Mexico, with an estimated population of 5 million. With only a metal fence marking the [...]
UCSC is just one place where veterans, many of whom never expected to attend college, are taking advantage of the benefits of the post-Sept. 11 GI Bill to pursue higher education.
{Last Week’s Results} Men’s Basketball 1/22 vs. Chapman (away), 79-60 (loss) 1/23 vs. La Sierra (away), 56-55 (win) 1/24 vs. University of Dallas (away), 58-57 (loss) Men’s Tennis 1/16 vs. UC Davis (away), 5-1 (loss) Men’s Volleyball 1/16 vs. Cal Baptist (home), 3-1 (win) Women’s Basketball 1/23 vs. University of Dallas (away), 78-67 (loss) 1/24 [...]
City on a Hill Press joined student regent and UCSB graduate Jesse Bernal and student regent designate Jesse Cheng, a fourth-year at UC Irvine, at the regents’ meeting Jan. 20 to discuss the future of the state and university, as well as the appointment process for the next student regent.
Facing a $780,000 cut, the UCSC library is putting together a list of what online subscriptions to cut.
For some, Costco festers like a hemorrhoid on the edge of town. Watching oversized packaging spill out from oversized shopping carts is enough to make them swear king-sized ketchup is the end of gluttonous good sense. Whole Foods’ arrival forced many Santa Cruz residents to pick aisles in the showdown of the supermarkets. The natural [...]